Installation guide

Merging Technologies
Le Verney 4, CH-1070 Puidoux Switzerland
www.merging.com/Pyramix T : [phone] • F : [phone]
Improvements
New MassCore (RTX) version (since Pyramix v8.1 beta2)
 RAVENNA/Horus users will no longer have a blue screen or automatic reboot at system
shutdown.
 Horus discovery after the system login will now take less than 20 seconds (instead of up to 4
minutes).
 The RAVENNA MassCore NET-MSC-GBEX1 PCIe Ethernet card will no longer be un-recognized
after a system restart (Red X under Windows network connections).
 Workaround: If the Horus is not discovered you can launch a script that will help the Horus
discovery. The resetMassCoreNic.bat script is available for RAVENNA MassCore users, launch
it from: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merging Technologies\VS3\resetMassCoreNic.bat
RAVENNA MassCore configuration file relocation
 The Configuration file which saves the Ravenna EasyConnect configuration have been move
from C:\ to X:\Users\ UserNAME \AppData\Roaming\Merging Technologies
 This now allows non-administrator users to have the rights to write in this fil.
Note: Once updating to v8.1Beta4 or higher such user will lost his current Easy Connect
configuration and will have to redo it (once).
RAVENNA MassCore DXD & DSD playback/record Support
Based on our RAVENNA MassCore certified platforms http://www.merging.com/pages/pcconfig
Note: The specifications below are based on single media multitrack files (not one file per track)
 DXD support to/from Horus (DXD project)
• Playback of DXD files. Up to 48 tracks with 48 Outputs
• Record of DXD files, DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 (configure the Horus Format page
accordingly). Up to 48 inputs
• Playback of DSD64 files (Enable Hepta SRC). Up to 48tracks* with 48 Outputs
• Playback of DSD128 files (Enable Hepta SRC). Up to 48tracks* with 48 Outputs
• Playback of DSD256 files (Enable Hepta SRC). Up to 48tracks* with 48 Outputs
Note: Merging recommends users to record in DXD in a DXD project.
 DSD64 support (DSD64 project).
• Playback of DSD64 files. Up to 48 tracks with 48 Outputs
• Record of DSD64. Up to 48 inputs
 DSDIFF file format supported
 DSDIFF Edited Master file format supported
 DSF file format supported
 MTFF file format supported
 DSD128 support (DSD128 project).
• Playback of DSD128 files. Up to 48 tracks with 48 Outputs
• Record of DSD128. Up to 48 inputs
 DSDIFF file format supported
 DSF file format supported
 MTFF file format supported
 DSD256 support (DSD256 project).
• Playback of DSD256 files. Up to 48 tracks with 48 Outputs
• Record of DSD256 files. Up to 48 inputs
 DSDIFF file format supported
 MTFF file format supported
 Background Recorders:
• Supports DSD256, DSD 128 and DSD64
• The supported recording formats in the Background Recorders for DSD64/128/25 is
the MTFF file format
Merging RAVENNA ASIO driver
Note: The specifications below are based on single media multitrack files (not one file per track)
 The Driver supports 8 I/O channels in DXD, DSD64, DSD128 or DSD256
 DXD support to/from Horus (DXD project)
• Record only DXD format into a DXD project (Pyramix Native users cannot perform
cross format recording like it is possible in RAVENNA MassCore mode). Up to 8 inputs